międlić

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mędliti. By surface analysis, miąć + -dło + -ić.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmjɛn.dlit͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛndlit͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: międ‧lić

Verb

międlić impf

  1. (transitive, colloquial) to crumple, to rumple (to press into wrinkles)
    Synonyms: gnieść, miąć, (colloquial) miętolić, (colloquial) miętosić
  2. (transitive, agriculture) to scutch, to swingle (to beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalks)
  3. (transitive, colloquial) to belabour, to harp on (to discuss something unduly or repeatedly)
    Synonym: (colloquial) wałkować
  4. (intransitive, colloquial) to mumble (to speak unintelligibly or inaudibly)
    Synonyms: (colloquial) mamlać, mamrotać, (colloquial) memłać
  5. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to mumble (to chew something gently with closed lips)
    Synonyms: (colloquial) mamlać, (colloquial) memłać

Conjugation

Derived terms

nouns
  • międlak
  • międlarka
  • międlarnia
  • międlica
  • międliwo
verbs
  • przemiędlić pf
  • wymiędlić pf
  • zmiędlić pf

Further reading

  • międlić in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • międlić in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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